Man on porch in Austin shot dead, another hurt

November 06, 2006

WEST SIDE — One man was shot to death and another was critically injured Saturday night as they stood on the front porch of a home on the city's West Side, police said.

Wendell Gooden, 37, of the 1000 block of North Massasoit Avenue in the Austin neighborhood, was shot on the porch of his home about 10 p.m., according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. He was pronounced dead at 12:40 a.m. at the Stein Institute.

A 39-year-old man, also shot while standing on the porch, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood in serious condition, Officer John Mirabelli said.

Officers responded to a call of shots fired and discovered the men, he said. Police believe the assailant is a man in his 20s.